I worked for 20 years to bring the Tennessee Education Hope Lottery to fruition. The lottery was authorized by an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution to guarantee that the funds raised could ...

COLUMBIA — When the state Supreme Court shut down the legislature's tactic to finance private school vouchers with public funds in September, Chief Justice John Kittredge left lawmakers a ...

The proposed voucher amount is more than even our best and brightest receive for college through lottery scholarships, which provides $5,500 per year for freshmen and sophomores and $6,500 per ...